When looking for academic journal articles you can use the 'everything' search in Library Search or search directly in the databases below, which we’ve selected as being most relevant to your subject area.
Databases are the best place to find academic journal articles as they offer advanced search tools, metric data, and export options for referencing. These databases also often provide access to information types such as conference papers, book chapters, review articles, trade magazines, and more. BrowZine can also be used to explore e-journal titles in your subject.
While most of our collection is now available digitally, some titles may only be accessible in print. You can find these journal titles using an ‘everything except articles’ search in Library Search.
You’ll also find links to essential reading for your programme in your module reading lists on Canvas.
Key Databases and E-journal Collections
Databases will either provide you with the full text of the journal or they will give you the bibliographic details of an article. Where full text is not available, look for the
link and follow this to see if we have the full text available via Library Search.
Subject databases
Subject databases are tailored to particular subject areas. They tend to use precise terminology relating to the subject area, making searches more accurate, and can include subject specific tools and features.
- Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
An extensive reference guide to the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from the 15th Century to the present. Index includes academic journals, books, conference papers, magazines, and more.
- Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Abstracts and indexes international literature in linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences. Documents indexed include journal articles, book reviews, books, book chapters, dissertations and working papers.
- MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Indexes books and articles published about modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. Links to full text where available.
- Bibliography of Asian Studies (Association for Asian Studies) This link opens in a new window
Database containing records on all subjects pertaining to East, Southeast and South Asia, published worldwide from 1971 to the present. Includes citations and the full-text of journal articles, review articles, conference proceedings and chapters in edited volumes.
- CNKI China Academic Journals This link opens in a new window
Searchable database providing full-text access to academic journal articles in Social Sciences and Humanities subject areas from China and beyond. Our subscription covers topics: Literature, History, Philosophy (F), Economics, Politics, Law (G), Education, Social Sciences (H) and Economics/Management (J).
- Chinese social science journalsOver 700 Chinese language journals freely available via the National Social Sciences database.
- J-STAGEJ-STAGE is a platform for searching open access scholarly publications in Japan. It is developed and managed by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). Indexed publications include journals, proceedings, research reports, technical reports and magazines for a range of subjects.
- Pascal and FrancisTwo French databases which provide access to 14 million bibliographic records of research articles and conference papers (no longer updated after 2015).
- PerséeFrench database enabling you to search thousands of open access scholarly publications, including journals, books and conference proceedings.
- BDSL onlineBibliographie der deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft is an international bibliography of German literature and literary studies.
- Germanistik im NetzVirtual library of German language and literature studies.
- DialnetDialnet is a open access database that indexes scholarly journal articles, book chapters, theses and monographs published in Spain. Subject coverage is diverse - from science, technology, law and business to art, history, language and literature.
- Handbook of Latin American StudiesOnline bibliographic database containing scholarly descriptions of books, journal articles, conference papers, maps and atlases, and electronic resources, published from the 1960s to the present. Content covers themes in Latin American research relating to both the humanities and social sciences.
- Oxford Bibliographies Online: Latin American Studies
A collection of authoritative research guides, this database works like an annotated bibliography combined with encyclopaedia, providing direction to available scholarship in the field of Latin American Studies.
- RedalycCreated in Latin America, Redalyc provides a platform for searching open access journals. Subject coverage is mostly focused upon sciences, but some humanities and social sciences titles are indexed.
- SciELOSciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online) is a database that provides access to open access journals and publications for a range of countries, mainly within Latin America. Subject coverage is mostly focused upon sciences, but some humanities and social sciences titles are indexed.
- Bibliography of Interpreting and Translation (BITRA)Database with over 85,000 entries (books, chapters, articles, journals, dissertations). Updated every month and available in 15 languages.
Multidisciplinary databases
Much like Library Search, multidisciplinary databases cover a wide range of topics and are a great place to scope your search, or to use if your topic covers more than one subject area.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR offers full access to scholarly journals, e-books, thematic collections, primary sources, and images (Artstor) across many subject areas.
- Scopus This link opens in a new windowAs a comprehensive, multidisciplinary resource, this database indexes peer-reviewed journal articles, books, book chapters, conference proceedings, and trade publications. It supports cited reference searching to explore the literature in depth, along with tools for citation tracking, author and affiliation searches, visual analysis of results, journal analysis, and author identification for those interested in publishing.
- Policy Commons: Global Think TanksGlobal Think Tanks is a collection of objective, fact-based research from the world’s leading policy experts, think tanks, IGOs and NGOs. It provides in-depth search and access to some 5 million reports from over 25,000 organisations.
- Overton
Large collection of policy documents, parliamentary transcripts, government guidance and think tank research. Searches can be restricted to policy from specific regions, countries or source types. Filters also allow you to view policy that cites research from a particular university, think tank, or academic.
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